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USA: Innovation. Silicon Valley, CA: Facebook. User interaction Marketing opportunities News Feed. Silicon Valley, CA: Uber. Driverless cars Ride sharing Taking Ubers everywhere is as cheap as (if not cheaper) than public transportation in many places. Silicon Valley, CA: Apple Inc.
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Silicon Valley, CA: Facebook • User interaction • Marketing opportunities • News Feed
Silicon Valley, CA: Uber • Driverless cars • Ride sharing • Taking Ubers everywhere is as cheap as (if not cheaper) than public transportation in many places.
Silicon Valley, CA: Apple Inc. • Innovative products such as: MacIntosh computers (1996), the iPod (2004), iPod Touch (2006), iPhone (2009) • Sleek products that continue to evolve
Silicon Valley, CA: Google • Android products • Google search engine, SEO • Google Maps • Google Translate • Driverless cars • Google Glass
Seattle, WA: Amazon • Prime and benefits • 1-Click checkout • Kindle • Food and grocery delivery services • Marketing and recommnedations
NYC, NY: Blue Apron • One of the first meal subscription companies in the U.S. • Delivers ingredients and the recipe for meals that the customer then cooks for themselves at home.
NYC, NY: SoulCycle • Indoor cycling company with a “cult following” • Exercise class that has inspired many businesses to copy them.
Florida, USA: NASA • One of 10 “headquarters” • Some inventions attributed to NASA: Water filters, memory foam, hearing aids, baby formula, computer mouse, cellphone cameras, etc.
Boston, USA: MIT • Massachusetts Institute of Technology • Modern computer coding, hacking, etc. • Programming languages, development of modern computers and world wide web
2018 Global Innovation Index By the World Intellectual Property Organization: • Switzerland (number 1 in 2017) • Netherlands (3) • Sweden (2) • United Kingdom (5) • Singapore (7) • United States of America (4) • Finland (8) • Denmark (6) • Germany (9) • Ireland (10)